U.S. History
Unit 4 Project: The New Republic (Chapters 11-13)
Unit Theme = Expansion
Time Period = 1800-1860



Unit 4 Project Workspace
Period 3

Directions: This document serves many purposes.

1. Place your name in one of the available spots. We will use this list in class to determine the order of presentations.
2. Record your preliminary project topic
.
3. Replace your preliminary topic with a narrowed research question/issue. Let others know precisely what you are researching
4. Replace your research question/issue with a learning objective for your presentation. What specifically do you want your audience to be able to do after hearing your presentation.
5. List the type of visual aid that you will be using during your presentation.

6. I also need to know the title of your project and the type of higher level thinking you have chosen.


Student Name
Step 1: Preliminary Topic
Step 2: Research Question/Issue
Step 3: Objective(s) for the presentation
Step 4: Add trigger words for higher level thinking tasks

Type of
Visual Aid

1
Topic: ?
Title: ?
Objective: ?
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

2 Jon Jon Engel
ok
Topic: Joseph Smith
Title: Joseph Smith: Leader of the Mormons
Objective: Identify who Joseph Smith was and why he was important to religion.
Trigger Word (analysis): Examine
Trigger Word (evaluation): Evaluate

3 Brittany Lilja
ok
Topic: Early American Education
Title: Early American Education: Life in the Classroom in the 1800's
Objective: Identify differences in education in 1800's and today
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare
Trigger Word (evaluation): Contrast
Poster
4. Tonio Domino
Topic: Texas Annexation
Title: Texas Annexation: The Lonestar Republic
Objective: The student should be able to know why Texas Annexed and who was involved and what was the aftermath.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

5 Mark Kokot
ok
Topic: Mexican American war
Title: The Mexican American War: An Expansion of America.
Objective: To have the students be able to identify why it started, and what happened in the war.
Trigger Word (analysis):
Examine
Trigger Word (evaluation): Develop

6 Anna Miller
ok
Topic: Pike's Expedition
Title: Pike's Expedition: Exploring the Southwest
Objective: Students should be able to list the area in which Zebulon Pike traveled in while on his 1806-1807 expedition.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
Poster
7
Anna Minsterman
external image x-zip.png Bear Flag Republic.docx
Topic: the rebellion in california
Title: bear flag republic
Objective:have the students remember at least three facts when my presentation is over
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
poster
8 Alex Barnhart
Topic: The improvement of Society
Title: The Improvement of Society: A Step Towards a Better America
Objective: to have the students list three of the important improvements that were made.
Trigger Word (analysis): Organize
Trigger Word (evaluation): Predict

9 ALYSSA LEBOWITZ
ok
Topic: Irish Immigration during the early 1800's
Title: Irish Immigration Takes Over
Objective: Students should be able to identify the main reason why the Irish immigrated to America and students should have a understanding on what challenges they faced in America.
Trigger Word (analysis): Examine
Trigger Word (evaluation): Conclude
Poster
10 Ryan Fan
OK
Topic: Race in Western Expansion
Title: Ethnic Diversity of the West: A Test of the World's Greed
Objective: 1) Identify the reasons people came to America during the Gold Rush of 1849.
2) Explain the benefits and problems from immigration to western America.
3) Decide if immigration to the West had a positive or negative effect in America.
Trigger Word (analysis): Criticize
Trigger Word (evaluation): Assess
PowerPoint
11 Meghan Schneck
ok
Topic: Lowell Mills
Title: Lowell Mills: A Growth in America
Objective: The Student should be able to identify the issues involving the Lowell Mills.
Trigger Word (analysis): Chart
Trigger Word (evaluation): Chart
Poster
12 Maggie Gannon
OK
Topic: The Oregon Trail
Title: The Oregon Trail: The Path to a New Life
Objective: Students should be able to name the six states that the emigrants traveled through. Students should also realize the difference between immigrant and emigrant.
Trigger Word (analysis): Examine
Trigger Word (evaluation): Assemble
PowerPoint
13 Ryan Leverett
(Doesn't fit the time period)
Topic: The Donner Party
Title: The Donner Party: Fight for Survival
Objective: Students will be able to identify the starting amount of people, and how many people survived.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
PowerPoint
14 Joey Ryan
ok
Topic: The Erie Canal
Title: The Erie Canal: Expansion To The West
Objective: To have the students explain and understand the history of the Erie Canal.
Trigger Word (analysis): Sequence
Trigger Word (evaluation): Evaluate the consequences
PowerPoint
15 Sasha Block
OK

external image x-zip.png LeviStrauss&CoPowerpointNEW.pptx
Topic: Levi Strauss
Title: Levi Strauss & Co.: Roots in the Rush
Objective: For the student to be able to list several reasons why the invention of blue jeans was important during the Gold Rush.
Trigger Word (analysis): Sequence
Trigger Word (evaluation): Evaluate
PowerPoint
16 Dan Meisel
ok
Topic: La Amistad
Title: La Amistad; A Mutiny Becomes a Supreme Court Case
Objective: Students should be able to relate the story of La Amistad and how it affected the slavery issue in the United States.
Trigger Word (analysis): Sequence
Trigger Word (evaluation): Consequences
PowerPoint
17 Jake Keller
Topic: Robert Fulton (steamboat)
Title:Fulton's Folly
Objective: to know how the steamboat works/operates
Trigger Word (analysis):
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?
poster
18 Teddy Merrick
ok
Topic: Kansas-Nebraska Act
Title: Bleeding Kansas: The Kansas-Nebraska Act
Objective: To have the student explain how the Kansas-Nebraska Act further led to the conflict on the issue of slavery
Trigger Word (analysis): Map
Trigger Word (evaluation): Differences
Powerpoint
19 Christine Ehland
ok
Topic: Nat Turner's Rebellion
Title: Nat Turner's Rebellion: A Bloody Backfire
Objective: Determine the reason and outcome of the rebellion.
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

20 Brendan White
OK
Title: Underground Railroad: A Turining Point in History
Objective: To have the studenets explain what the underground railroad was how long it lasted.
Trigger Word (analysis): Compare
Trigger Word (evaluation): Contrast
Poster
21 Sam Blehar
ok
external image x-zip.png Cotton Kingdom.pptx
Topic: Cotton Kingdom
Title: Cotton Kingdom: Revolutionizing the Nation
Objective: 1( Students should be able to define a cash crop.
2( The students should be able to identify why cotton was so valuable.
3( Students should be able to explain what the cotton gin was and be able to name one statistic about it.
Trigger Word (analysis): Examine
Trigger Word (evaluation): Conclude
Power Point
22 Jake Champagne
OK
Topic: California Gold Rush: The Prosperous Place
Title: The California Gold Rush: Rushing to the Rush
Objective: (1) Identify why everyone went to California.
(2) Conclude wether most people were succesful in finding gold.
Trigger Word (analysis): Identify
Trigger Word (evaluation): Conclude

23. Bret Nickley
ok
Topic: The Roads of America
Title: The Roads of America: A New Path
Objective: The students should be able to list three major roads in America.
Trigger Word (analysis): Examine
Trigger Word (evaluation): Evaluate
Power Point
24 Ellen Wilson
ok
Topic: Dorothea Dix
Title:Dorothea Lynde Dix: Unknown, Not Unimportant
Objective: List three of Dorothea Dix's goals for society
Trigger Word (analysis): Time Line
Trigger Word (evaluation): Impact
Power Point
25 Jeremy Molinari
OK
Topic: The Industrial Revolution.
Title: The Industrial Revolution; The Revolution without a war
Objective: I want the students to be able to state at least one advance within the industrial revolution
Trigger Word (analysis): ?
Trigger Word (evaluation): ?

Period 3 Thinkspace:


Begin here...What is going on with the set up of the chart thing?